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Green Energy Stimulus Encompasses Hybrid Electric Vehicles
$2.4 billion in stimulus funding will be awarded for advanced battery technology for hybrid and electric-drive vehicles through the stimulus act, the largest investment in the area ever made.
Date: 08/26/2009
Type: Blog
Technologies: Transportation
Tags: battery research, electric vehicles, hybrid, stimulus
Grid Problems Curb India’s Electric-Vehicle Appetite
As the world's second most populous country, India struggles to provide reliable electricity to everyone. For this reason, electric vehicle sales in India has greatly decreased.
Date: 01/04/2013
Type: Article
Technologies: Batteries, Transportation, Utilities
Tags: electric cars, electric vehicles, electricity, energy grid, India, power shortage
Hitachi zooms in on energy storage for smart grid
Hitachi America will bring its long life lead acid battery to the North American market to support the integration of solar and wind energy, and hybrid and electric vehicles into the power grid.
Date: 05/05/2010
Type: News
Technologies: Batteries, Energy Storage, Smart Grid
Tags: electric vehicles, hybrids, lead acid battery, renewable energy
IBM working on electric car battery that could get up to 500 miles
With new research into ultra-light lithium-air batteries, IBM hopes to achieve 500 miles on a single charge. The key breakthrough was an atomic level computer model that helped stabilize the battery's chemistry to increase its lifespan.
Date: 01/17/2012
Type: News
Technologies: Batteries, Energy Storage, Transportation
Tags: electric vehicles, lithium-air
IT Leaders Pave the Way for Electric Vehicles
IT firms are attempting to solve problems with smart grid congestion associated with a large-scale electric vehicle infrastructure, in part because of their experience in solving similar data overload with the early internet.
Date: 09/21/2009
Type: Blog
Technologies: Transportation
Tags: electric vehicle infrastructure, electric vehicles, IT
Longer-Running Electric-Car Batteries
Researchers at Stanford and Hanyang University are developing silicon nanotube electrodes that could significantly increase charge capacity of lithium-ion batteries.
Date: 09/23/2009
Type: News
Technologies: Batteries, Transportation
Tags: battery research, electric vehicles, energy storage, lithium-ion, silicon
Nissan breaks ground on battery plant for Leaf car
Nissan North America Inc. broke ground Wednesday for a lithium-ion battery plant as part of a plan to build a five-passenger all-electric car, the Leaf, and create up to 1,300 jobs in Tennessee.
Date: 05/26/2010
Type: News
Technologies: Batteries, Transportation
Tags: electric vehicles, lithium-ion batteries
Nissan, EnerDel to Fund Auto Battery Research
Nissan and EnerDel have supported research at Argonne National Lab to develop a new electrolyte for auto batteries.
Date: 07/30/2009
Type: News
Technologies: Batteries
Tags: auto batteries, batteries, battery research, electric vehicles
Power Tool Batteries, the Gateway to Electric Vehicle Energy Storage
Power tool batteries could be the key to creating better electric vehicle batteries since they can handle a large power output, unlike cell phone batteries.
Date: 09/21/2009
Type: Blog
Technologies: Batteries
Tags: battery industry, battery research, battery technology, electric vehicles, energy storage
Powering Up Electric Vehicles
The coming wave of battery-powered vehicles has utilities, oil companies and startups preparing for a significant shift. But the push toward an "electrification tipping point" also presents new challenges.
Date: 05/19/2010
Type: News
Technologies: Batteries, Smart Grid, Transportation
Tags: electric vehicles, lithium-ion batteries

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